Collocations for echo - noun
ADJECTIVE
distant,
faint
clear, distinct, loud, strong (often figurative)
There are clear echoes of Elvis Presley in his vocal style.
clear, distinct, loud, strong (often figurative)
There are clear echoes of Elvis Presley in his vocal style.
hollow
eerie, ghostly
The initial reports had an eerie echo of the attacks two weeks earlier.
ghostly echoes of Virginia's past
eerie, ghostly
The initial reports had an eerie echo of the attacks two weeks earlier.
ghostly echoes of Virginia's past
returning
The bat compares the sound of its cry with the sound of the returning echo.
The bat compares the sound of its cry with the sound of the returning echo.
VERB + echo
hear,
listen for,
listen to
We could just hear a faint echo.
We could just hear a faint echo.
make,
produce,
send back,
send out
Their footsteps on the bare boards sent out hollow echoes.
Their footsteps on the bare boards sent out hollow echoes.
contain,
have
(both figurative)
The story has echoes of Alice in Wonderland.
The story has echoes of Alice in Wonderland.
find
(figurative)
The political upheavals find an echo in the art of the time.
The political upheavals find an echo in the art of the time.
echo + VERB
bounce back,
bounce off sth,
rebound,
reverberate
The echoes reverberated through the auditorium.
The echoes reverberated through the auditorium.
come back,
return
An echo came back from the walls of the building.
An echo came back from the walls of the building.
die,
die away
The echo slowly died away.
The echo slowly died away.